investigation into a decade's old mystery, the disappearance of former teamster's boss jimmy hoffa. crews digging under a michigan shed for his possible remains say they did not find any bones, but investigation is not ending there. soil samples will now go under the microscope. cnn's national correspondent susan candiotti has more. >> reporter: could these carefully wrapped tubes of soil carried out among a sea of cameras possibly hold the remains of jimmy hoffa? >> this is kind of like an open wound that won't go away. >> reporter: a wound that just might be partially closed monday when lab results put to rest whether these are human remains, yet alone hoffa's? >> stranger things have happened. >> reporter: the dig inside the shed came after a witness told police that he saw a body buried there about the same time that jimmy hoffa disappeared in 1975, but police chief says the timeline doesn't add up. an alleged bookmaking operation at the house didn't happen until years later. >> i don't think it's mr. hoffa. >> reporter: neither does retired fbi agent john anthony. he gives the tip ze

follow a new tip and start digging this morning. will they find the body of jimmy hoffa? it's friday, september 28th. "starting point" begins right now. >>> morning. welcome everybody, our starting point this morning is a hero's welcome for the real nfl referees. fans in baltimore gave them a standing ovation, ahead of last night's ravens/browns game. the replacements just one day after the league and referees union agreed on a new eight-year contract. nischelle turner is live in los angeles. they loved them at least at the very beginning. how did it go? >> four minutes they loved them for, soledad. you know, it didn't take long for the boos to come out. it wasn't because of bad calls or calls that fans thought were wrong. it was because, you know, when you have the home team and you make a call against the home team, fans don't tend to like that. the refs, the real regular refs did get that standing ovation. here's one of the calls in the third quarter about seven minutes in, a helmet-to-helmet hit call. they really heard the boos then. i was kind of taking notes while watching the

without an answer. whatever happened to jimmy hoffa. just a few hours police are going to begin drilling under the driveway of a home in roseville, michigan. it's where a tipster claims he saw a body being buried right around the time that jimmy hoffa disappeared back in 1975. cnn's susan candiotti is live for us in roseville, michigan this morning. what can you tell us about the tipster and the digging, susan. good morning. >> good morning, soledad. well, doesn't everyone love a mystery? and certainly police would like to solve it as much as anyone else would. in particular the chief says for the hoffa family, and for the teamsters. here's what we can tell you about the tipster. he's someone who came forward after all this time because he said he believes that he saw what could have been a body buried beneath the driveway that you can see over my shoulder. is it jimmy hoffa? who knows. is it really someone buried? they don't know. but they have to try to check this out. there's a heavy dose of skepticism among a lot of retired fbi agents who directly worked on this case saying

don't want to miss it. >>> and you know, another important story getting another look. jimmy hoffa, is he buried under a michigan shed? >>> but first, we're talking about the housing recovery. it is real. but it is not time to celebrate just yet. home prices are now back to where they were nine years ago before the market peaked and then crashed. here is christine romans with more. >> we put the house on the market the thursday before labor day and we were under contract the following tuesday. >> reporter: this family is a sign of a recovering housing market. they bought their two bedroom, one and a half bath row house in d.c.'s capital area for $350,000 in 2009. now they're selling. >> we were originally thinking of listing maybe around 430, something like that. and after the original meeting with the realtor, he suggested 469. i was worried about it. thought we would scare people away. so we went ahead and listed it at that area, things are outstanding, buyers are out there getting a lot of internet responses. i'm getting a lot of calls on listings, and things are moving fast. >> rep

of former teamster boss jimmy hoffa. now police have a brand new lead, all these years later. crews in fact were digging at this home just outside of detroit just this morning. the investigators have taken a few samples to determine if there may be any human remains buried here and all because of a tip, a tip that came from a man who had this information for the last 37 years and an author and an expert on hoffa gave us this insight about the tipster on early start. >> he is a gambler who had aiona book maker in detroit who was working with tony giacalone. what's interesting is tony giacalone is one of the two people jimmy hoffa was supposed to meet. >> he tel cnn he thinks the tip is credible although he is not convinced they jimmy hoffa's body. memo. there have been tips before that have been considered credible and turned out to be nothing. ove onto this. a man that allegedly made the anti-islam video caused a real bunch of problems around the world. blamed for the deadly protests in the muslim world and now he is under arrest. it is official. nakoula basseley nakoula is accused

. why michigan police once again searching for union boss jimmy hoffa nearly 40 years after he vanished. >> we had credible information and we had to follow through with that. when the remains come back, we'll go from there. [ male announcer ] this is rudy. his morninstarts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pil. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brin more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. why not take a day to explore your own backyard? with two times the points on travel, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy. >>. >> gregg: time for a quick check of the headlines, referees approving a deal with the league ending a three-month walkout. due back on the field. both sides reaching an agreement after complaints on calls.

give it a try? >>> giants stadium, a florida swamp, a backyard pool. where jimmy hoffa could be buried so many years ago. today investigators search another place hoping to solve this mystery which is now 36 years old. >>> yesterday it was snow, today it was the lightning. we have seen some wild weather out west, but this is just plain dangerous. >>> and we have the showers and storms pushing off their way towards the east, but is the rain done for the day? i'll have the answer to that question coming up. >>reporter: well, lynette, traffic is just starting to slow down here on 695 at old court road. and we are dealing with several accidents across the region. i'll have your complete time saver traffic report coming up. >>> and as we head to break this morning, you're looking at a live picture of new york city. looks foggy there too. let's head up there right now and get a look at today's tech bytes. >>reporter: in today's tech bytes, facebook unwraps a gift service from the social network's members can now send gifts, real gifts, not virtual ones to other members. eventually facebook g

action at the u.n. and yes there is also news in the search for jimmy hoffa. >>> first, mitt romney is venturing out of the swing states today. romney is in pennsylvania trying to pluck that state from the grasp of president barack obama. 39 days until the election. pennsylvania is one of the states that is leaning toward the president, but romney is predicting an upset. >> i've got a little secret here, that is that obama campaign thinks that pennsylvania is in their pocket. they don't need to worry about it. and you're right and they're wrong. we're going to win pennsylvania, we're going to take the white house. >> well, wolf blitzer with us now. so, you know, from washington, wolf, we have seen romney confine his campaign to the nine battleground states. why is he now taking a shot at this state, pennsylvania, which clearly seems to be leaning obama? >> according to the public polls, obama is doing really well in pennsylvania. maybe he's got some private polls that he's doing inside his campaign that shows some other trends developing in pennsylvania. i haven't seen any public polls

white house. >>> and now to michigan and the search for jimmy hoffa. police say there are "no discernible remains in the soil samples that were taken beneath a storage shed in suburban detroit. a tipster claimed a body was there around the time the former teamster leader disappeared. the samples are being sent to michigan state university, but police doubt any remains would be from hoffa. >> can you imagine, you know, when we used to drive into new york, my mom would always point to a field just outside the meadowlands and say, that's where gjimmy hoffa was buried. >> i'm sure a lot of people pointing, jimmy hoffa is over there. interesting on cnn.com, why do people still care where jimmy hoffa is? just the made for tv story that this guy disappeared. >> kept getting whacked at the height of his career or allegedly whacked. >> yes. >> one should say. >> the perfect word. >>> all right, to baseball and a homer heard around the league, but not the one that everyone expects. homer bailey. the cincinnati reds pitcher threw a no-hitter against the pittsburgh pirates and the first f

michigan on the search for jimmy hoffa's remains. uuele more information is being released about the man on trial for the shooting rampage in colorado that killed 12 people and injured 58. prosecutors say james holmes was barred from being on campus because he threatened a professor weeks before the shootings. holmes lawyers deny that-- to only non-public parts of campus because he had withdrawn from the school. the shootings occurred on july twentieth at the midnight showing of the latest batman movie in aurora. minutes before the shooting, his attorney says holmes tried to call his university 5 people are dead after a shooting at a business in minneapolis yesterday. police say a man opened fire inside a sign company killing four people and wounding four others before taking his own life. three of the surviving victims were listed in critical condition and the fourth had non-life threatening injuries. minnesota governonr mark dayton says he deplores this senseless violence. the motive for the shooting is still unknown. the alleged producer of the anti-islamic film "innocence of musl

soil samples taken beneath a storage shed contain the remains of former teamsters boss jimmy hoffa. they say there's no discernible remains in the samples, but the lab is testing them and results are expected by monday. a tipster claimed the body was buried under a suburban detroit shed around the time hoffa disappeared. >>> today, ten miles of one of the busiest freeways in america closed. people in los angeles are calling it car mugedden two. will it live up to that name? last summer, drivers went through a similar closure on the 405. it went smoothly because most drivers actually tried to avoid the 405. are they doing it again this year? lots of construction activity behind you, but thankfully, no, i guess, traffic tie-ups anywhere. >> we actually just got an update from the l.a. fire department and the organizations that are running this construction. we're actually hearing that so far, there aren't any major massive delays anywhere in the los angeles area. it does appear that people are listening to the public warning to try to stay at home. i'm going to quote the fire chief here an

mysterious death of jimmy hoffa, the soil sample being tested for human remains, and what a dying man says he saw. >>> well, that's the unusual place for a dog to get trapped. were firefighters able to get her out? >>> good morning, westbound 24 right here it looks pretty good as you're driving up to the tunnel. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. welcome back to the ktvu morning news. there's a happy reunion for a sonoma county dog and her owners. her owner escaped through an open gate and then look what happened. she got stuck in an 18-inch culvert that runs under the road near their home. it was a difficult task for firefighters to help rescue the pup. they had to move dirt and bolders before cutting the pipe and freeing that little dog. >>> 5:12, new this morning soldiers in kenya stage a predawn attack on a rebel group. the kenyan military has taken control of case mayo. the fighting go on. now losing that port city would be important because those militants have been taxing goods coming into the port. now the united states is monitoring the sit

believes it to be a body. and other information to verify. he thinks it was jimmy hoffa because he thinks this occurred the day of or the day after mr. hoffa disappeared. >> what was his explanation as to why he would have waited so long to share this? >> well, fear. at the time the people involved were, you know, like you said earlier in the report, mobsters, whatever. >> uh-huh. >> and he didn't want to come forward due to fear for himself or his family. >> and there have yet to be the final results i guess from these tests. when will it be concluded? >> monday afternoon they said they should have it to us, monday evening at the latest. the university will expedite to see if human remains exist beneath this lab. >> was there any hesitation at all kind of being afraid of being part of what have been several wild goose chases about sightings or evidence or anyone who seems to believe that any part of jimmy hoffa may be buried in a certain place. were you at all i guess redissent to follow through? >> not at all. we felt the tip was credible. we did not believe and have not believed

happened today in the search for jimmy hoffa. we have some news on that. and you've seen your food bills, your gas prices, all of that go up. but what is up with the water bill these days? in some places charges have tripled. we have got all that and more. but first, to politics. >>> mitt romney is venturing out of the swing states today. romney this hour is trying to pluck pennsylvania from the grasp of president obama with just 39 days until the election. pennsylvania's one of the states that is leaning toward obama, but not -- so, jim, we have been seeing romney confine his campaign to the nine swing states, why is he taking a shot at a state that has been leaning obama? >> reporter: yeah, fredricka, it did catch a lot of people off guard today to hear mitt romney not only at a fund-raiser earlier this morning but at an event that wrapped up here at a valley forge military academy. he said he'll win the state of pennsylvania and this state has not traditionally in the last several months been lumped in with the other swing states out there that both president obama and mitt romney are

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leader jimmy hoffa may be buried in a detroit suburb. soil samples will be taken from a driveway of a home. a man told police he may have witnessed hoffa's burial. hoffa was last seen alive 37 years ago. >>> the university of california has agreed to pay $1 million to 21 demonstrators who were peppered spray during a protest. that was at uc davis. video of a police officer spraying demonstrators went viral. >>> a peaceful lawful demonstration on this campus was met with hostile police force in major riot gear. >> each demonstrator will receive $30,000 under the proposed settlement. their attorneys will receive the rest. the campus police officers shown spraying the students was fired. >>> j.k. rowling's first book for adults will be released today. "the casual vacancy" is a story that takes place in a peaceful english village. rowling is the most successful living writer. she said there's a chance she may write another book for young people. i wish i had her imagination. >>> a group in switzerland said it will present proof there's an earlier version of mona lisa. it believes it was d

nothing was designed to mislead the american people. >>> the search for jimmy hoffa. police say there are quote no discernable remains in the soil samples taken underneath the storage shed in suburban detroit. a tipster claimed a body was buried there at the time he disappeared. the samples are being sent for testing but police doubt any remains are from hoffa. >>> crazy video from florida. boca raton saks fifth avenue was the target of a gnash and grab. you see the guys run in about an hour before closing time, push over the display case, smash it with a sledgehammer and run off with all the jewelry they pick out of it. one customer hid inside a locked closet and called 911. right now, there's a $5,000 reward about information for these seuspects. >> if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. from the fda, a warning about online pharmacies. it could be fake, expired or possibly contaminated. less than 3% of online pharmacies actually meet state and federal laws. >>> speaking of medications, all of us have a few in our cabinet, unwanted, unused, probably old prescription pills.

attention last night. the endless search for the remains of jimmy hoffa focused on a home in suburban detroit. investigators plan to drill underneath the concrete driveway and test soil from the house in roseville, michigan. police say radar detected some kind of anomaly as they're calling it underneath the home. they are working off a tip from a man who claims a body was buried there at te same time the teamster leader disappeared in 1975. police say the test results should be available in the next week. >> wouldn't that be something? >>> not much is known by j.k. rowling except that it is for adults only. casual vacancy goes on sale today and it's a world away from marry and the hogwarts. her new book features sex, drugs and lots of swear words. we'll have a live report from a london book store at the bottom of the hour. >> i can't wait. he was the only boy on the girls varsity volleyball team. right? now the league has changed its mind. we'll tell you why and what happened. coming up next. he's not very h♪ ♪ to look at [ sighs ] ♪ oh, he's shaggy ♪ and he eats like a hog [

mysteries. the search for jimmy hoffa outside a suburban detroit home. after all these years. >> no kidding. >>> good morning, everybody, welcome to "early start." we're so glad you're with us on a thursday. i'm alina cho. >> so glad you're back. >> john berman is hosting "starting point" for us today. >>> football fans across the country can go back to cursing out the real referees again because the nfl lockout is finally over. the blown call that blew everybody's mind on monday night, sure lit a fire. the league and its referees reaching a new eight-year collective bargaining agreement. this was late last night. should we call it early this morning? >> early this morning. >> everything is moving quickly. all of this means no more replacement refs. commissioner roger goodell confirming the regular officials will be back on the field tonight when the baltimore ravens host the cleveland browns. jason carroll is here. the league had to move quickly. >> a lot of relief there. >> this was spiraling out of control. >> absolutely. we all remember what happened during that monday night gam

jimmy hoffa. police broke through concrete in michigan today. their findings ahead. >>> the families of several students in minnesota are suing the school and a former teacher who they say segregated african-american and white students in his classroom. the teacher had other incidents of questionable behavior on his record dating back several years and even though he's not in the classroom anymore, he is still collecting checks. gary tuchman investigated. >> reporter: it's the middle of the school day and this sixth grade teacher is riding a motorcycle. the reason timothy olmstead is not in school is complex and according to many, deeply disturbing. 12-year-old alicia jones was one of his students. >> he separated me from the white kids and sent me to the other side of the room where all the black kids were. >> reporter: timothy olmstead is accused by students and their families of taking black children and disabled children at the heights community school in st. paul, minnesota, and segregating them from white children. melissa dobbs was also a student in the class. what did you thi

home in the latest search for former teamster chief jimmy hoffa. he has been missing since 1975. he was declared dead in 1982. a tipster told police he saw a body being buried at the site the day after hoffa disappeared. the soil samples will be tested for human remains. police say today's search did not turn up any evidence that someone was buried there. >>> you got to see this. a rare white whale has been spotted off australia's eastern coast. the albino humpback has been nicknamed by researchers who track his presence. >> beautiful. really incredible. thanks. >>> coming up, undeniable proof that wolf blitzer is hipper than the rest of us. why should saturday night have all the fun? get two times the points on dining in restaurants, with chase sapphire preferred. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday

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for jimmy hoffa. the teamsters boss disappeared in 1975. now police are planning to dig up a michigan driveway because a man claims he saw someone burying a body there many years ago, okay? neighbors and police alike are skeptical. >> this is just a nice, quiet little neighborhood. we're one block from the police station. i'm surprised someone would want to bury someone in their backyard there. >> not saying this is jimmy hoffa. we're saying there is possibly a body intered in this area. around the same time frame that mr. hoffa disappeared. the time frame is off. we do not believe it is jimmy hoffa. martha: we'll see. the last time jimmy hoffa was seen in detroit. the search for his body led police from the end zone of giants stadium, remember that one, to a horse farm in michigan. we'll keep you posted. bill: i thought he was at burger king drive through. >>> serious news. a group group of top senators demanding answering on the deadly attack in benghazi after two weeks of ever changing stories from the administration. they sent a letter to susan rice, ambassador to the u.n

where jimmy hoffa is buried? a radar machine detects something underneath it. is a 37-year-old mystery about to be solved? >>> and pop sensation psy returns to south korea and the place where gangnam style all started. and our cameras are right there with him today, thursday, september 27th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. i'm savannah gurthrie. >> see the smile on my face? >> i see it. >> a lot of football fans feeling that way. that's right, the news now that the nfl's regular referees will be back in action starting tonight. it's welcome news for a lot of players, coaches, and, of course, fans of the game. >> maybe some gamblers too. it comes after two days of intense negotiations that picked up steam following outrage over that controversial call that decided monday night's game. when you look at this agreement, it appears the league caved with officials getting pretty much everything they wanted. was this lockout worth it for the nfl? we'll get into that straight ahead. >>> i'm smiling for another

cases in history. where jimmy hoffa's body? well, a new break in the case this morning has police ready to start drilling. >>> it's thursday, september 27th. "starting point" begins right now. >>> our starting point this morning, the blown call that outraged millions. it seems to have single handedly settled a labor dispute. that's right. the official nfl refs are headed back to the field. beginning tonight, millions of football fans will again be able to sleep and rest easy. they will be able to curse and boo the real refs again, finally, for the ravens/browns game tonight. and calmed by the knowledge they won't have to see another replacement official for at least eight years, because that's how long the new labor deal will last. jason carroll, i know you're excited. he joins us live to talk about how they reached this deal while we were all sleeping. >> you seem more excited. did you see how excited he was at the top? you seem very excited. and it's not just you. a lot of people excited by this decision. both sides met for 17 hours on tuesday, met until midnight last night. the

backyard of a michigan home where authorities have been told the body of former teamster boss jimmy hoffa may have been buried. this after a dying man told police he saw men moving a black bag at that spot hours after hoffa went missing more than 35 years ago. >>> and happy birthday to actress mira sorvino who turns 45. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. meet the lucky 12-year-old boy who received his first kiss from country music superstar carrie underwood. >>> and comedian chelsea handler sits down with savannah to talk about the new season of "chelsea lately" and her plea to tom cruise. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vita

where jimmy hoffa is buried? a radar machine detects something underneath it. is a 37-year-old mystery about to be solved? >>> and pop sensation psy returns to south korea and the place where gangnam style all started. and our cameras are right there with him today, thursday, september 27th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. i'm savannah gurthrie. >> see the smile on my face? >> i see it. >> a lot of football fans feeling that way. that's right, the news now that the nfl's regular referees will be back in action starting tonight. it's welcome news for a lot of players, coaches, and, of course, fans of the game. >> maybe some gamblers too. it comes after two days of intense negotiations that picked up steam following outrage over that controversial call that decided monday night's game. when you look at this agreement, it appears the league caved with officials getting pretty much everything they wanted. was this lockout worth it for the nfl? we'll get into that straight ahead. >>> i'm smiling for another

terror. >>> also, jimmy hoffa's remains could be under a michigan storage shed. >>> and how much would you pay a man to marry your daughter? we'll tell you what a hong kong billionaire is offering. we start with the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. u.s. intelligence officials now say that it was a deliberate terrorist assault. it's a different assessment from earlier when they claimed it was a spontaneous attack following protests over an anti-muslim film. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in that attack. cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly joins me live from washington. did intelligence agencies really not have enough formation, or were they covering up parts, as some are suggesting? >> that's a great question, and i think what we're starting to see now is a little bit behind the curtain, if you will, with the intelligence community coming out with this very unusual statement really about what it knew. although it's not nailing down exactly the timeline. now, you have to remember in those first 24 hours after this attack, t

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. >> thank you very much. >>> new this morning, the search for jimmy hoffa's body is continuing this morning. in roseville, michigan. these are live pictures from the scene where investigators are going to the site where they believe the teamsters boss could be buried. they actually got a tip from someone most recently, you know he disappeared in 1975, was never seen again. an there has been so much speculation as to what ever happened. >> folklore. >> really, it's true, with jimmy hoffa. now they're going to break open through that cement there and we'll of course keep tabs on that. it would be an interesting mystery solved. >> maybe he's not buried in the new football giants end zone. that was the folklore in new jersey. >>> before we turn things over to the "today" show, one final check on today's top stories. construction crews will break ground to clear a path for b.a.r.t.'s extension to the south bay. crews will be widening mission boulevard all the way to warm springs boulevard. they'll also build new on and off-ramps at a b.a.r.t. bridge. >>> a nobel peace laureate is visitin

remains of jimmy hoffa caused a commotion. people came to watch police drill through concrete behind a home. they removed samples of soil and clay but said there are no signs of human remains. allll this after a man told police he thought a body was buried there 35 years ago. police checked just to be sure but said the timeline didn't add up. . >> tonight we learn more about the crash that killed a little girl riding her bike. also we were able to talk to one of her relatives. mike is in nevado and has learned that girl was practically home when she was hit. >> reporter: right. we know according to police the young girl was riding her bike against traffic across the street here and she was struck by an suv just about a hundred yard from her house located in that subdivision right there. we also learned today that the young girl was loved in this area. just about 90 minutes a vigil will get started and as this memorial continues to grow, we are learning more about the 12- year-old. all day long one at a time, they came. >> i just felt like i wanted to. >> reporter: flowers and notes pla